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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-13

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Base Ball.

The game played yesterday between
the Sangers and Eclipse was won by
the Sangers. The score by innings is
as follows:
sangers i . o 5 3 OLA
Eclipse, l 0 0 0 0 O.
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At the Old Chair Factory.

C. f. Clint, Esq. will address the
prohibition club at the old chair fac
tory in East Dallas tonight. Give
him big crowd. He will interest
YOU.
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Lecture.

DR.. Hurley, colored, OF New Or
leans, will lecture at the skating rink
tonight on "Woman's Place in His
tory Admission, 20 cents.
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Texas Installment Co.

Sells all kinds of new furniture and
household goods on very small weekly
or monthly payments, at 6le Elm st.
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Green Burke Escapes.

While gang Of men were at work on the
poor farm this morning Green Burke, col
ored county convict, asked permission to
step to one side. After waiting reason.
able length Of time for his return, the guard
went to look for him and found that he had
taken the ditch, knee deep in mud and wa.
ter and escaped to the brush beyond.
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That sun Dog.

Saturday evening between and z
o'clock a asun dog" was seen IN the
western sky and it was gazed upon
with awe, wonder and curiosity, &C
cording TO the intelligence of the
looker-on. A fearful storm was pre-
dicted within thirty hours thereafter.
There has been a very placid rain
every few hours since then, with mod
crate lightning and distant thunder.
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East Dallas is after its tax delin
ouents. A list Of them viii be pub.
lished in the HERALD Saturday.
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The South western news., 1887-11-23
Southern Pressed Hay.

SoutAeFR Cultivator.
How many of the readers of the
Southern Cultivater remember
Helpers ''Impendins Crisis" a
book that made not little stir in
the unhappy days that preceded
hostilitiess In this book it was
shown that the grass crop of the
North exceeded in value the cotton
crop Of tie Scuth. How long will
it be before the grass crop of the
South exceeds in value its cotton
crops Not veryl ong, likely. Man
ufactureD Of hay presses unite in
saying that their Southern trade
is increasing with astonishing ra>
pidity. One MANUFACTURER, who
has been in this business for almost
thirty years, recently told me that
he had sold six times as many
presses in Texas this year as he
sold in that State last year. The
trade In these presses is increasing
almost ae fast in other Southern
States. More hay presses are be-
ing manufactured in the South.
That any part of the South should
raise SO much hsy that it had
considerable surplus for other
markets, would have seemed i'm.
probable twenty-five years ago;
yet the demand for presses show
that many Southern localities are
raising more hay than is needed for
home consumption.
The South western news., 1887-11-23
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ACareless Officer.

The usual experiments were be-
ing conducted in the harbor of
Newport Rhode Island, near the
station, and several torpedoes had
been successfully fired. The last
one was spare torpedo, and while
.his was being run out from the
boat, in which were seven or eight
officers and men, it suddenly ex-
ploded before it had been immersed
in the water. The shock was tre-
mendous, sta rtling the city and
injuring several of the sailors.
The cause of explosion is unknown,
but it would seem that the officer in
charge Of the battery must have
turned the current on too soon as
the torpedo could not have exploded
unless the battery was on.
The South western news., 1887-11-23
FEKGIN'S FARMING.
Two Bales to the Acre on Sandy
Land Home.made Fertilizers.

land Home.made Fertilizers.
Macon, Ga, November Is ~
Especial. Ito day Mr.. Henry
Feagin, of Huston county
was Ia the city, and Constitution
reporter had a short talk with him.
"HOw's that big cotton patch of
otyours?" queried the scribe.
"Well, it yielded very well I
have not got quite all out of the
field yet, but l have secured one
thousand pounds oflint off the acre
making what is fully equivalent 10
TWO HEAVY BALES
per acre."
SHOW Is your crop, generally, Mr..
FeaginH' Very fair. Including my
wage hands l gathered seventy bales
off the lis acres, making about two
thirds Ofa bale per acre."
What is the character of your soil
SIT is sandy. What they call
q light gray soil, on which cotton
grows off very freely, as well as
other crops"
"Do you use guano?'
"No, find it more profitable
and economical to use a compost
such as ! make at home. By this
/ mean cotton seed, stable ma nure
fertilizer from my cow lot, and
other things. lind, that on my
lands, this is far preferable to any
manipulated guano that lean got. !"
"you fertilize heavily"
\, yes. 1t is no use for a
The South western news., 1887-11-23
A GOOD WAR STORY
ltiuore American.

At the battle of Missionary Ridge
.tout 9 o'clock in the afternoon,
zen, Bragg and his staff occupied
a central position on the ridge,
The group vas excited and nervous
the very horses seeming to partake
of the spirit of the riders. Pat
Cleburne, on the tight had been
peggiDg away at the Union army
all day long, calamity repelliDg
every attack made on his line
Bragg had needlessfy weakened his
centre by sending reinforcements
20 Cleburne, and had still further
mininized the strength Of what
he had left by imprudently dsploy-
Ing them above and below the hill
insead of concentrating his msn at
the top.
An immense mass of Union
troops had gathered behind the lit
tie strip of woods in front of
Brsgg's position and tbs nervous
ness and excitement of the Con-
ederate General and his staA was
floubtless occasioncd by fears as to
the direction they would take, now
that it was too late to rectify their
lines. Maj. Blank of Gen. Braggs
staff was in an extremely happy
mood having taken a little more
to drink than was necessary or ads
visable and his hilarity somewhat
shocked the nervs of those who did
not have access to his means of
supply. To quiet him and get rid
of him at the same time Gen.
BrBgg directed him to take
couple OF couriers and go to a posi-
ton on the ridge. where there was
a rude breastwork of logs and re-
connoitre.
Maj. Blank called two of the
Generals body-guard aud rode to
point designated, and up to which
the outer line Of the Union skir-
mishers had penetrated. "Dis-
mount, cOuriers, aud advance as
skirmishers," said Maj. Blank. The
couriers obeyed and concealed
themselves behind the logs. One
of them saw a skirmisher on the
other side, and beckoned him to
come over. Thinking that the
courier was his officer he did 80,
and was captured. That's right,
courier; call another one over
said Maj. Blank, at the same time
requestioning the prisoner. Mar
vellous as it may seem, the courier
practiced the ruse a second time
with success.
Maj. Blank said to the courier:
TAKE these prisoners to General
Brsgg; tell him I have met the
advance of Gen. Van Gle, IS corps,
and checked it. Go to Gen Breck~
fnridge and tell him to send me
ten men with long-range guns, and
Til whip the whole d. ID army"
The courier was glad to get away
from sach a fre-eating officer, but
he never got to Gen. Bragg. The
men nassed behind the piece of
woods opened out in the meantime,
just IS a person would unfold his
armA and, with a wild rush, made
for the ridge, sweeping the centre
as completely as though a terrible
tornado had struck it. The courier
dropped his prisoners and made for
the corduroy road across the Chick
amauga, while Maj. Blank turned
up in a deraoralized condition some
days after'dae battle.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

leguminous plants in general, re-
quire the presence Of potash in the
soil in much larger quantities than
do the cereals yet it is a mistake to
think that the cereals viii not re-
ward a potash manuring if lack.
ing in the soil, as much as any
plant; and whatever is not absorbed
of such manure remains for the
following crop which may be more
beneficial than q direct manuring.
II REGISTER.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

1t seems to be a settled fact that
Secretary Lamar will be appointed
to the vacancy in the sapreme
court bench, and the Postmaster
Geaeral Villas will be made secree
tary Of state The president has
offered the postofiee portfolio to
Don Dickinson, of Michigan,
who is said, will accept it. A
better selection could not have
been made.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

A correspondent of the Piladel-
phia Press says clayey lands usual
ly contain much more of potash
than do lighter soils and some may
not respond so literally to an APP
plication of these salts, yet it is by
no means to be inferred that clay
loan never lacks of this element
of fertility. This can oi1ly be as
certained by careful and repeated
trials. If one is to test his soils
by an application of potash to see
whether its effects are such ae to
warrant its increased application,
the plant select should not be one
of the hoed crops, but rather le-
guminous or a eeral; and the trial
should be made on several parts of
the farm. Most of the root crops
require great deal Of potash. At
the North they make Irish pota-
toes and beets their standard. Our
sweet potatoes require about as
much for best success as do our
Irish potatoes Clover and the
The South western news., 1887-11-23

How have We ever built up such an
immepsetrade? BY enterprise, progressive
business methods and square dealing. We
make our patrons our friends. We work
for then, take them into partnership, as it
were, divide profits and actually give them
more then tier n,0neys tcorth.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

man TO try to make cotton nnless
he does so. On my prize acre l
fertilized heavily, both in the drill
and broadcast.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

To marry by proxy, or as it is
called, marrying by the glove
is common in Holland, and is caus-
ed by the fact that many of the
eligible young men after having
finished their education in the
schools of the fatherland depart
for Dutch India to engage in some
lucrative enterprise, or to accept
position in the colonial service.
The scarcity OF marriageable white
women in that cline induces the
would be husband to write to a
friend in Holland inclOsing his
wish for q wife. The friend Sc.
lects willing young lady, gener.
ally withR substantial dot, and
otherwise conforming closely to
the specifications of the letter. A
photograph of the favored one is
enclosed in the return epistle.
After the lapse offs few months a
soiled left hand glove, with pow
er of attorney, is received from the
far away bachelor. The friend in
Holland marries the selected bride
in precisely the same manner as if
he were the actual groom, and the
young wife departs in the next In-
dian mail steamer 10 bring happi.
ness and prosperity to the lonely
one in the far east. A marriage
of this description is as binding as
if the bridegroom were present, and
is never repudiated. If either par
ty to the glove marriage should die
before meeting in India, the sur
vivor would legally share the prop.
erty of doceased-The Interior.
The South western news., 1887-11-23
SAVANNAH, GA, Nov. 1st, Is

Room for the procession. It's long
one It's head in Macon, and rear in
Savannah. 200miles ofwagons containing
10000 Pianos and Organs sold by L. & 3.
S. NJ. II. since 1870.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

Not reduced prices and poorer instru-
ments, but the same lO,O prices and better
Instruments Greater value for the money.
OF our lowest-priced instruments this is
specially true. They are vastly improved
and we are proud ofthem. Hard to describe
such bargains on paper, but we'll try.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

Are we in earrcetg Certainly weare large house.
We do a LIrqs trade. We Rell Pianos and Orygans in
all Southern States. We have 200 Agencies and the
above statenlent IS not In the least exaggerated.
The South western news., 1887-11-23
Fall and Ylinter BARGAINS 1898

Summer Closing Out Sale over. WnreT00nss
crOXYdct, with superb New Instrumcuts.-
ImmcHsc purchnses direct from FuctGTics.
Greater Bargains than ever, for Fall and
Winter, 1SS7sSS.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

Easiest Terms ever heard of From So
to $40, paid monthly, viii secure an
Elegant Instrument.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

w f SHELLMAN, VIM. r
Traffic Managers, Gen1 Sup
Savannah, Ga. Savannah, Ga
G A WHITEHEAD.
Genl passger Agent
j G SHAW, Savannah, Gs
Genl Travelling Agent
t. Savannah, q
The South western news., 1887-11-23

PIAN0S.-Chi Mason tSc Ea,nIin.
DEathEsIclS, Bent, AriOn, SIOO to 8 COO.
ORGANS. Mason d5 HamlIn, Packard,
Bay State, S2I 30 $3.50.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

OUR 92lO PIAND.-Large size elegant rose.
~ wood case carved legs. Perpentino pinth, sweet
tone fun siA years. guarantee iabeinstrument
every way. Complete outfit Plush stool, cunbrOider-
ed cover large instructor, music book, GJfeght paid
our S225 PIANO.-Boautiful Parlor pIieht,
Z full size Rich rosewood case Latest style
Queen Anne trusses. A favorte style Thousands
sold. Outfit complete.
QUE 500 GGEAN.-Two sets Reeds Five
~ stops. Elegant walnut case. Extended top, lamp
stands, music rack ornamented and paneled, with
stool, instructor, music book and dHyJreight aHid.
OUR S65 ORGAN Four sets Reeds. Ten
, genuine STOPS. Beautiful case. most deslr-
able Parlor Organ. Competition challenged
The South western news., 1887-11-23

Ore price to I'll. That's oIir way Prices marked
in plain h21lres On each instrument and deviation
made to any. We ch2rge no more take no loss.
Ths SQUARE way ensures to all the lowest prices.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

Our Large Capital. our Spot Cash, our lifetime
experence orr shrew1ness as buyers, tchols Ret
in fact is used in securing bdr3dias and then we
frienda nnt Tie around HoOr. Thntin q WAY have
The South western news., 1887-11-23
Ludden 3 Bates' s0uIharn MusIe House.
ll.8!}}E,SN!z!{z.

Thc Great Wholesale Piano nnd Organ
Depot Of the SOuth. Tsae Best Place TO buy;
The Cheapest Place TO buy, The Safest
Place TO buy. A Magnificent Record: over
10000 Pianos and Organs placed in South
ern Homes since dS7Os
The South western news., 1887-11-23
ALBANY EXPRESS.

lNN
f4l'man bnfes and sleeping car sayan
nah 10 Jacksonville ''7 0"i ""''"
faSseugers for Brunswicr bv this train
arfye =, ~ at Brunswick (via II n, v, g. ..
i RJ at s a m. - -
fas7cngers for Macon. Atlanta Cbtta.
noog{a' Knoxville Bristol. Roanoke Phia
deiPh'a and New York, take this tran
WIN WI, through Pullman Buffet Sleep co
Passengers for Fernandina Gainesville
Gear hey, Ocala. Wildwood. Leeshurg
anaall stations on Florida Railway and
Navigation Company and Florida southern
Hallway take this train.
Passengers for Madison, Monticello Tai.
lahassee and all Middle Florida points take
this tram.
>, Connection Jacksonville daily with
p,eops's Line Steamers and Railroads for
-. ;. Augustine and all points on St. Johns
through tickets sold and sleepng "a,
nerth accommodations secured Al Dren's
Ticket Office, No % Bull street, and al The
"ompaDV's Depot, foot of Liberty street
JAS. l.. TAYLOR
Gen. pass. Agent
:" / 1-N'-'A' ~" Gen, Supt
The South western news., 1887-11-23

An Immense Stock from Worlds Best
Makers, to suit all tastes and purses. Over
300 different styles to choose from.
The South western news., 1887-11-23
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r4,l feni Ee~i3i4n tim. v h.ch Is 81 mipp,ce
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i.'aFas Sav.'"n"h faivrai ...... 7nl ii
Airire ~ 'IaT2nr@ da.Iy - 49,. S'5 ,p,
arrive ct ]"@up dai!y 9t .- StIa
4fnSe at "avorp4S daily At.. G5,art
Aftivs at i'filahm i.iir 80 u - IN
arrive At ia .'ksa':yil'.' daily at y oo nj
Arrive at pHnpn faily at Ii4fan
Arrive af Quirman Gaily IT 10 "a !, m
Arrive ~ Thornasvir,. 4 ills IT 49,
Arliye at F'aii,bridre dailv nj 23o nn
arrive At ',hattahoochee dpilv at $50 n ~
Stops only at stations named above AID
~ al stations between Thouasyilla and
Gha;tdhCOchee.
Passengers far brunswick (via r. T.. Y
q. L tax this train, arriving al
h'unSwlek daily at io:5o m
The South western news., 1887-11-23

*Telegraph station. Connects
ut Fort Valy for Perry; at Smith
vile Tor Albany and Blakely; at
Cuthbert for Fort Gaines; at EUI
faula for Clayton.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

So easy to bnH from Hs Everything in plain
print, and czactly as repre- ented Full informa-
tion given in circulars Letters carefully answer
ed. Parties living a thousand miles of can buy
just as well GS if il Savannah Threc-fOurths
of our entire trade is done by eorrespondence.
The South western news., 1887-11-23

Lv I.oni<"i.'e f2 3Oam 10 35pn
= N2s.ri''c Foam Z ~ "A
" Mtg mcry 6 2opm 6 10 am
= n + L.it; aia 8 81 pm 10 30:m
Cgf''bert 0 Il pm II 59an
\. ,A'i.Ibany II 4Spm 3 45 pm
!homasvi"e ! 5S am 6 90 pm
" Jackson,i 755aru Z 90 pm
" G;inesyillc 8 Is am
The South western news., 1887-11-23

Rare Bqrgdins cUeyy 0sac. Thousands Of each
sold, and buyers Invariably more than pleased
The South western news., 1887-11-23

Nlltrai'' oft'is road arc run ~ Cent.
ral zen Ne~i3',n tim. h.ch Is 81 minutes
-ic"rr 'hau Savarn.h TIM
SUPERINTENDENT NF FicF
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-19
Inks and Inkstands.

The evolution Of script after printing
was invented, or for a little time before,
can only he understood by a comparative
study of manuscripts as collated at great
European libraries The inks formerly
used Were rather paints than writing
fluids, since it was not desirable that they
should flow too freely from the stylus.
The use Of such as are popular now would
in ancient times have been impossible.
An inkstand in any of the ingenious mod
e-n forms was for this reason unnecessary
The Arabs have used from time immemo-
rial the combined brass or silver pen and
ink case, the long part for his sharpened
reeds, and sort of box with tight cover
at one end for his semi-fluid ink. These
admit of a high degree of ornament. The
inkhorn of the clerk of the middle ages is
often alluded to by old English writers. 1t
was the first parent Of the elegant thing
in cut glass which may be overturned with
impunity San Francisco Chronicle.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-19

Paper has changed in form considerably
during this century. Fifty years ago
paper in shape like our foolscap was gen
orally used for correspondence. 1t was
folded according to the skill of the writer
and sealed with sealing wax. Then came
the letter size: then commercial note. In
America sealing wax has gone out of date.
Not SO in Europe. Nothing ever goes out
Of date in Europe, if the efforts of artisans
or others interested in its sale can accom-
plish that result So called seals are seen
in rings and attached to the watch chains
Of American gentlemen, but they simply
suggest a disused function, like the rudi-
mentary fins of some kinds of fish. In
Europe wax with seals in all sorts of in
Sehious forms, intended for use, are for
sale everywhere in such numbers that it
Is evident their manufacture gives employ
ment to many thousand persons.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-19
Wise Florida Buzzards.

On the coldest morning of our late dis
agreeable spell of weather the fishermen
built large fire on point projecting
into the river from East Palatka, and,
after warming themselves, went on with
their fishing and left the fire burning
Returning after a time they We're sur
prised TO see group of some fifty or sixty
buzzartls standing about the fire, kicking
up all sorts Of antics. Not understanding
such proceedings the boats Were rcwed up
pretty close, and the occupants watched
the birds for some time. 1t was a very
cold morning, and the birds would stand
with one side to the fire until it was warm,
and then they would deliberately turn
around and warm the other side Those
on the outside # the group would get so
eager to get within the warmth of the fire
that they frequently crowded the birds on
the inside nearly juto the flames, and the
struggle was waSed fierce and bitter for
advantageous positions. News.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-19

A KIND and GENEROUS DEED.-Rev. A
Barber, superanuate member of ST. Louis
Conf. NJ. +. church, writes from Moran
Kansas: This recommendation is writer
without solicitation from anyone; but Owt
it to those similarly afflicted To say that by
the use of the Shaker Extract of Roots
(Siegel's Syrup | was cured of an obsti
nate and almost fatal indigestiOn-botl
stomach and livet being completels torpid
| was redced to living skeleton. Friends
family and physician had given me up.
was keeping the spark of life alive with g
diet of raw eggs and milk. Now botl
stomach and liver are performing theil
functions. | have many friends i'll Western
Ohio, \. +. Iowa and S.W. Mo. who would
like to know this"
THE HONEST SHAKER. although hedoes
not boast of his purity. always makes goods
that can be relied upon; TO instance, hi
Shaker Extract of Roots & lie GELS Syrup i.
really valuable article. 1t is not recon-
mended as a cure-all, but as a remedy fol
one single disease, viz: Indigestion, il
which disease it works like charm.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-19

have been mnCh interested in watch
ing the effect Of tree planting upon the
billiards. The blizzard drives along the
surface of the ground. and il has for ages
upon ages found no tree To halt or yeer il.
The settlers on the plains planted tree..
however, and these trees now stand as OBJ
stacles 10 the full sweep of the ice laden
wind. A few days ago, as a blizzard
swept over the country, passed through
a loosely planted grove Of trees. cotton
woods, silver naples, green asheS etc,
and noted with pleasure that among the
trees the violence of the winG was greatly
reduced, and the flakes of snow dropped
lazily to the ground, where they rested as
cOntentedly as if they had fallen upon the
tree covered hills Of New England
As soon as l passed out of the grove
had to face again the furious flakes, driv-
i.lg horizontally in their mad career over
.the earth. As often as passed through a
little grove of trees found that left the
blizzard; but as soon as | emerged from
the sheltering trees the blast struck me
again in all its fury. This bit of expert
ence is duplicated thousands of times
every day upon the plains. The tree
planter has routed the blizzard wherever
he has set his little army of trees.-Pro-
fessor Charles +. Bessey in American Ag-
riculturist.